About Early Voting

The 2004 Florida
Legislature passed legislation which standardizes early voting throughout the state.
Early voting is defined as "casting a ballot prior to Election Day at a location designated
by the Supervisor of Elections and depositing the voted ballot in the tabulation system."

Under the new House
Bill 7013 directive, which went into effect January 2014, all Supervisors will conduct
early voting at designated locations between 8 and 14 days prior to each election.
The mandatory early voting period is 8 days, beginning on the 10th day and ending
on the 3rd day before Election Day. Supervisors have additional discretion to use
the 15th through the 11th day, along with the 2nd day, prior to Election Day as additional
early voting days. Early voting will be conducted no less than 8 hours and no more
than 12 hours per day. The hours will be determined at the discretion of the Supervisor
of Elections. Voting sites and hours of operation will be provided 30 days prior to
an election.

Supervisors may
now designate any permanent SOE office, city hall, public library, fairground, civic
center, courthouse, county commission building, stadium, convention center, government
owned senior center, or government owned community center as an early voting site
in their county; however, if so designated, these sites must be geographically located
so that all voters in the county have an equal opportunity to cast a vote.

Voters who want
to vote early should remember to bring a photo and signature identification with them.